Final: Red Sox 8, Yankees 5

David Price earned his first win at Yankee Stadium as a member of the Red Sox, ending the team's four-game losing streak and giving the Sox their first win over the Yankees this season, 8-5.

Price pitched 6.1 innings and allowed just two runs on six hits.

The Sox got homers solo homers from J.D. Martinez and Xander Bogaerts in the early innings. They then tacked on multiple runs in both the seventh and eighth.

The Yankees made things somewhat interesting with three runs off Matt Barnes as heavy rain fell in the bottom of the eighth and Barnes had difficulty gripping the ball.

WHO: Red Sox at New York Yankees
WHEN: 7:07 p.m.
WHERE: Yankee Stadium
SERIES TO DATE: NY 2-0
SEASON SERIES TO DATE: NY 4-0
STARTING PITCHERS: LHP David Price (2-2, 2.83) vs. LHP CC Sabathia (3-1, 3.48)
TV/RADIO: ESPN/WEEI 93.7 FM

 

IN-GAME OBSERVATIONS:

9:53   The Sox are going AT Frazier, the way you might with someone on the basketball court. A blooper spins away from him as he takes the wrong ankle to the ball hit by Michael Chavis, scoring another run.

9:29  That's all for Price, who allowed two ground ball singles sandwiched around an out in the seventh. He leaves two on for Heath Hembree,, but it's his best start in New York while wearing a Red Sox uniform in three-plus seasons.

9:06  With the infield in, Brock Holt hits a soft blooper to the edge of the outfield grass, scoring a run

9:04 Clint Frazier plays a single into three bases, getting caught in-between on the hop off a line drive by Nunez. Scores Vazquez and allows Nunez to reach third.

8:44  Andrew Benintendi is among the most efficient base stealers. He was 7-for-8 in attempts this season but gets thrown out at third there as part of a throw-'em-out, strike-'em-out inning-ending double play.

8:27  Red Sox have had their issues with executing rundowns of late, but that one was handled well, cutting down Aaron Hicks between third and home for the third out.

8:10  All of a sudden, the Yankees are making consistent, hard contact against Price. Solo homer and two sharp singles.

8:06  First baserunner for the Yankees is a solo homer by Luke Voit, on a pitch from Price that looked like the one that Sabathia threw to Martinez.

7:56  Xander Bogaerts is scalding hot --  third homer in his last four games and five in his last 12. And he's not hit Sabathia well in the past, but this hot, it doesn't matter.

7:50  P rice operating at peak efficiency, relying heavily on his changeup and cutter in the early going. Nine up, nine down.

7:29  Run-scoring single by Eduardo Nunez scores Christian Vazquez, but Nunez is thrown out when the Yankees cut the throw from the outfield and Nunez is hung up between first and second.

7:20 Good start for David Price, who can use all the confidence-building he can get in this ballpark.

7:11 J.D. Martinez turns on a cutter in from CC Sabathia and hits it out to left.

LINEUPS:



RED SOX

Betts CF
Benintendi LF
Martinez RF
Bogaerts SS
Devers 3B
Vazquez C
Chavis 2B
Nunez DH
Travis 1B

YANKEES

LeMahieu 2B
Voit 1B
Sanchez DH
Hicks CF
Torres SS
Urshela 3B
Frazier RF
Romine C
Gardner LF

WHAT'S UP: The Red Sox have lost four straight, tying a season-high...They're also a season-high 9.5 games out of first place in the AL East, their largest deficit since ending the 2015 season 15 games behind Toronto....The Sox haven't lost five in a row since July of 2015....The Sox have been swept just once in their last 70 series of three games or more -- by Tampa Bay in Aug. of 2018....The last time the Red Sox lost their first five meetings of the year against the Yankees was 1994, when they began 0--6....The Sox are just 7-20 in their last 27 games at Yankee Stadium and have lost eight of the last nine series in New York.....Boston is 12-6 in series finales this season, including eight of the last nine and 10 of their last 12.....Xander Bogaerts has homers in two of his last three games and four in his last 11....Since May 1, he leads the AL with runs scored (27)….Bogaerts and Mookie Betts are tied for the lead in runs scored (45) for the season...Over his last 14 games, Bogaerts has a .400 average (24-for-60) with a 1.138 OPS, four homers, six doubles, 12 RBI and 15 runs.....Rafael Devers saw his 11-game hitting streak snapped Saturday night...He's hitting .348 (48-for-138) in his last 32 games, during which time he's knocked in 27 runs and posted a .990 OPS...Jackie Bradley's 11-game on-base streak came to an end Saturday...Michael Chavis is hitless in his last 11 at-bats with seven of the outs by strikeout....David Price brings a scoreless innings streak of 11.2 innings...In his last seven starts, he's 2-1 with a 1.77 while holding hitters to a .203 batting average...Price, however, has struggled mightily against the Yankees, having never won at Yankee Stadium since joining the Sox (0-6, 9.79)...Before signing with Boston, Price's teams won his last seven starts in a row as he was 5-0 with a 1.85 RRA....Overall, in his career, he's 15-14 with a 4.90 ERA against the Yankees....Gary Sanchez (6-for-13 with five homers) has hit Price well, as has Austin Romine (7-for-16)….Price has limited Kendrys Morales to a .229 average and Aaron Hicks to .212....Eduardo Nunez (6-for-15) and Betts (12-for-28) have hit Sabathia well while Andrew Benintendi is just 4-for-18 with five strikeouts.

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